مِرْبَدٌ

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مِرْبَدٌ , a subst. like مِطْبَخٌ [q v.], from the trans. v. رَبَدَ, [properly A thing with which one confines, &c.: and hence,] a place of confinement: [pl. مَرَابِدُ. And particularly] Anything with which camels are confined; and also sheep or goats: a place in which camels and other animals are confined or stationed. In the phrase عَصَا مِرْبَدٍ, used by a poet, the latter word is said to signify A piece of wood, or a staff, that is put across the breasts of camels to prevent them from going forth: or, accord. to As, by that word is meant a staff put across at the entrance [of an enclosure] to prevent the camels from going forth; wherefore it is thus called: but others disapprove of this; and say that the poet means [by the phrase] a staff put across at the entrance of the مِرْبَد; not that the staff is a مِرْبَد.
2 Also The place of dates, in which they are put to dry in the sun; in the dial. of El-Medeeneh; i. q. مِسْطَحٌ in the dial. of El-Yemen, (TA in art. سطح,) and جَرِينٌ in the dial. of Nejd: or مِرْبَدُ التَّمْرِ signifies the جَرِين of dates, [i. e. the place] in which they are put, after the cutting, in order that they may dry: accord. to A 'Obeyd, مِرْبَدٌ and جَرِينٌ in this sense are both of the dial. of El-Hijáz, and أَنْدَرٌ of that of Syria, and بَيْدَرٌ of El-' Irák.
3 Also A court, or yard, or spacious place, behind houses, of which use is made.
4 And The like of a حُجْرَة [i. e. a chamber, or an upper chamber,] in a house.

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